music final

Lux aeterna

-ligeti
-slow singing
-ooh ahh
multiple singers
-not really singing, more like just drawn out noises
-there is possibly a flute in the background, not sure

poeme electronique

-edgard varese
-sounds dark
-random noises
-some drums dispersed
-some singing in random spots

take five

-paul desmond
-i have heard this song before
-starts out with drum and cymbals
-then add sax
-piano repeats itself over and over

cool" from west side story

leonard bernstein
-speaking/sining
-i have heard this song, i think it was in glee
-snapping
-lots of different high pitched instruments

music for strings, percussion and celesta, mvt 2

-Bela Bartok
-strings, piano, deep drums
-fast paced
-lots going on
-different types of strings
-most of the time it is cheerful
-short notes

five orchestral pieces, mvt 4

-anton webern
-string, trumpet
-slow
-plucking of strings

music for 18 musicians

-steve reich
-lots of short notes
-same thing repeated over and over
-second half add some more to the melody but can still hear the short repeated notes in the background

conga brava

-duke ellington
-piano and brass
-there is static
-sax comes in
-at first brass is slow other instruments are faster
-then whole piece speeds up
-jazz piece
-end goes back to sounding like the beginning

out of nowhere

-charlie parker
-sounds like there is a party going on in the background
-sax starts out right away
-trumpets/brass in the background, very quiet
-piano in the background
-very very silent singing in the background
-trumpet comes to the foreground
-then b

bitches brew

-miles davis
-interesting
-drums, guitar and other random instruments
-cymbals in the background for parts of it
-trumpet

pierrot lunairse, No 18, "the moonfleck

-arnold schoenberg
-piano
-then woman singing and random instruments going crazy in the background

prelude no 1

-george gershwin
-piano only
-starts out slow and then speeds up

Appalachian spring section 1

-aaron copland
-starts out very quiet strings
-delicate
-strings and brass

appalachain spring section 2

-aaron copland
-starts out fast paced
-triangles
-alternates between really loud and not so loud then crescendos
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appalachain spring section 5

-aaron copland
-winds
-quiet
-then brass comes in
-there are like triangles or something
-cheerful

the rite of spring, part 1

-igor stravinsky
-loud
-fast paced
-starts out slow
-many different types of instruments
-lots of instruments going crazy
-sounds very different at different parts